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Introduction 

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Sure it's got deadly spiders, snakes and sharks, but they don't stop people from coming here, never mind living here. And for good reason. From the prehistoric gorges of Kakadu National Park, to the white sails of the Sydney Opera House, Australia is a country as big your imagination. Kick back on a beach as white as your mother's wedding dress in Western Australia; lose yourself in the labyrinthine laneways of culture-rich Melbourne or be humbled by red desert sunsets over Uluru. Turn south to visit hundred year old giants that loom large in the forests of Tasmania or take on Sydney, a heady mix of surf, sun, money and sex, and you'll soon realise Australia is a place to be discovered, not feared.

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Australia, main figures

Capital	Camberra, 323 000 inhabitants
National language	English
Currency	Australian dollar (AUD), 1$A = 0,61€, Oct 09
Calling code	+61
Member	Commonwealth and OCDE member
Government	Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy,
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Quentin Bryce
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
Area	7,686,850 km2 (14 times of France)
N-S	3220 km
E-W	4025 km
Coast	36735 km
Population (2009 estimate)	22,010,766
working people (2007)	10,5 millions (66%)
unemployment rate (2007)	4,30%
Density	2.833/km2
Administrative organisation	6 states

Australia: 14th time the size of France :



Australia: Big distance, opposite seasons, jet lag and weather


In Australia distance are really huge and the population is concentrated in big cities on East cost mainly. Desert and West cost is almost empty where aborigenes population lives.
When it is winter in Europe, it is summer in Australia, when it is midday in Europe it is evening in Australia.

Distance between 2 cities in Australia:

Cairns
140	Mission Beach
370	230	Townsville
655	515	285	Airlie Beach
1150	1010	780	495	Rockhampton
1600	1465	1230	945	455	Hervey Bay
1785	1645	1415	1130	640	185	Noosa Head
1925	1785	1555	1270	775	325	160	Brisbane
2515	1865	1635	1350	855	405	240	80	Surfers Paradise
2345	2210	1975	1690	1200	745	580	425	350	Coffs Harbour
2005	2380	2145	1860	1370	915	750	595	515	170	Port Macquaire
2945	2810	2575	2290	1800	1310	1150	1025	945	595	430	Sydney
3210	3070	2840	2555	2095	1610	1445	1320	1240	895	725	300	Canberra
3835	3695	3465	3180	2755	2235	2105	1910	1865	1520	1350	925	625	Melbourne
4625	4485	4255	3970	3545	3025	2895	2735	2655	2310	2140	1545	1415	790	Adelaide
6630	6490	6260	6545	6010	5530	5345	5185	5265	5045	4875	4450	4235	3770	2980	Perth
4260	4120	3890	4175	4670	5120	5055	4895	4975	5325	5490	5965	5670	5203	4415	2370	Broome
2930	2790	2560	2845	3340	3890	3725	3565	3645	3990	4160	4800	4500	3875	3085	4340	1970	Darwin
3110	2970	2740	3025	3520	4070	3885	3745	3825	4107	4340	2595	2300	1675	885	3865	3545	2205	Coober Pedy